Motorpoint selling RAV4 2 litre, petrol autos for £24,000 - top of the renge Invincibles - so plenty toys

and more economical the CRV 2 litre Petrol autos

Just to say I would avoid anything from VW/Skoda/Audi if going for an auto. Unless someone is willing to put their firstborn child on the line as part of the warranty

www.agr-ev.de/en/certified-and-recommended/tested-...a***ats

I was offered this link on the skoda forum, found it interesting, in that it reflects my "demands" for a properly adjustable seat.

Food for thought

Also reminded me that one of the best ever seating positions was in the Steyr Puch van with the (presumably optional?) Recaro seats with proper armrests, which despite their limited range of adjustment, and a firmly fixed take-it-or-leave-it steering wheel, were simply magnificent. Since the van was automatic, one could get really really comfortable.

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Edited by DirtyDieselDogg on 25/08/2015 at 08:17

Yes, and they are aware of it, deliberately choosing to misdescribe the corectly declared in writing, on multiple occassions, fault of "dropping out of gear" as "momentary hesitation in pulling away".

Which is not really a fault, more an operating characteristic of VW dry DSG transmissions.

Exactly the same unresolved fault was reported in a 1.6 TDI/DSG Golf as our Octavia, cars of the same age being the link. Unresolved despite fitting complete new transmissions in both cases.

Fault witnessed and code read by an very reputable independant motor engineer in England, who described it as "potentially dangerous". This same engineer retained by several Police Forces as an Expert Witness in various R TC'S, which resulted in fatalities due to mechanical defects, or claimed by defendants to be due to mechanical defects, in the vehicles involved.

He did not come cheap, but I am not prepared to wager, (after a £500.00 Barristers opinion) in the region of £20,000.00 on a court case.

But this particular issue, probably long since resolved, was a software glitch pertaining to a particular batch of circa. 2010 production.

Plus the very non-oriental "bury our head in the sand and pretend it didnt happen" corporate approach.

I still like VAG engineering, mostly, but the worldwide compititation has, mostly, caught up with the Germans.

Marcus

Edited by DirtyDieselDogg on 26/08/2015 at 21:41

Indeed. Of all the cars I have driven, the most comfortable driving position was a Forester (mk 1 and mk 2) which had armchair comfort with a very natural position for the arms and legs to operate the controls. There are still new cars out there with poor seating positions, little lumbar support and not enough adjustment.